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In this study, the author shows that, under the influence of the
popular geography of the eighteenth century, an increasing number
of literary works began to make use of actual topographical data.
Two of these works even make use of maps. He demonstrates that the
kinship between geographical and literary representations of
topography went further: they underwent parallel developments. His
analyses of the different types of geographical representations of
space that appeared in the course of the century allow him to
explore the worldviews they embody, the new and often conflicting
attitudes to space that they reveal, and the connections these
representations have with the evolution of the contemporary notions
of motion and mobility. The author underlines the role these
topographical representations played in the nascent realism of the
novel and the new life they breathed into poetry. His study is also
a contribution to the discussion of the important changes that
occurred in the way people thought about and lived space, many of
which announce our time.
Charles Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was a thinker of
extraordinary depth and range - he wrote on philosophy,
mathematics, psychology, physics, logic, phenomenology, semiotics,
religion and ethics - but his writings are difficult and
fragmentary. This book provides a clear and comprehensive
explanation of Peirce's thought. His philosophy is presented as a
systematic response to 'nominalism', the philosophy which he most
despised and which he regarded as the underpinning of the dominant
philosophical worldview of his time. The book explains Peirce's
challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning and shows its
implications for his views of knowledge, truth, the nature of
reality, and ethics. It will be essential reading both for Peirce
scholars and for those new to his work.
Charles Peirce, the founder of pragmatism, was a thinker of
extraordinary depth and range - he wrote on philosophy,
mathematics, psychology, physics, logic, phenomenology, semiotics,
religion and ethics - but his writings are difficult and
fragmentary. This book provides a clear and comprehensive
explanation of Peirce's thought. His philosophy is presented as a
systematic response to 'nominalism', the philosophy which he most
despised and which he regarded as the underpinning of the dominant
philosophical worldview of his time. The book explains Peirce's
challenge to nominalism as a theory of meaning and shows its
implications for his views of knowledge, truth, the nature of
reality, and ethics. It will be essential reading both for Peirce
scholars and for those new to his work.
Harrogate's reputation as a quaint English spa town has been
established since the early 1800s. However, one might be surprised
to discover that the town and villages around it hide many
terrifying tales. It took paranormalist Paul Forster over a year to
collate this collection of real-life encounters with spirits,
poltergeists and ghosts. Nothing could prepare him for what he
uncovered as he explored the darker, mysterious side of this
beautiful tourist destination. Drawing on historical and
contemporary sources, Haunted Harrogate's chilling compendium of
ghost stories includes accounts never before seen in print. From
poltergeists in Harrogate's oldest drinking establishment to
apparitions of monks in Knaresborough, this assortment of
terrifying tales is bound to show this picturesque part of North
Yorkshire in a new light. "When you have eliminated all which is
impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the
truth". Sir Arthur Conan Doyle "Now it is the time of night, That
the graves, all gaping wide, Every one lets forth his sprite, In
the church-way paths to glide." William Shakespeare, 'A Midsummer
Night's Dream' "The city man is not in sympathy with ghosts. Not so
the mountaineer, peasant and sailor. Strange shapes which give
signs are seen in clouds. Dim forms move over forest floors. They
tread lightly along the brink of precipice and marsh, beckon the
traveller into perils or give him warning. Dark and airy figures
walk moors and plains or lonely shores. They go again through some
happening on land; they re-enact a fateful drama of the seas. The
man of the city unaccustomed to such ghost tales, laughs at them;
he knows they cannot be true. Yet disbelief and ridicule by many
such, have given place to firm conviction and awe, after visiting
haunts where environment favours the appearance of ghosts." H. W.
PERCIVAL
Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914), the founder of Pragmatism,
was an American philosopher, logician, physicist, and
mathematician. Since the publication of his collected papers in
1931, interest in Peirce has grown dramatically. His work has found
audiences in such disciplines as philosophy, computer science,
logic, film studies, semiotics, and literary criticism. While
Peirce scholarship has advanced considerably since its earliest
days, many controversies of interpretation persist, and several of
the more obscure aspects of his work remain poorly understood.
The Rule of Reason is a collection of original essays examining
Peirce's thought by some of the best-known scholars in the field.
The contributors investigate outstanding issues and difficulties in
his philosophy and situate his views in both their historical and
their contemporary contexts. Some of the essays clarify aspects of
Peirce's philosophy, some defend its contemporary significance, and
some do both. The essays explore Peirce's work from various
perspectives, considering the philosophical significance of his
contributions to logic; the foundations of his philosophical
system; his metaphysics and cosmology; his theories of inquiry and
truth; and his theories of mind, agency, and selfhood.
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